Heavy Snow, Nw Cache
- When
- January 15, 2:00 AM MST to January 18, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- Nw Cache forecast zone
- Injuries
- 18 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Crop damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
Heavy Snow in Utah, January 15 to 18, 1998
A moist west-northwest flow with embedded shortwaves was over the region during this time. Avalanches continued to occur in the Wasatch mountains.
The toll
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 18
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Crop damage
- $20,000
- Events
- 10
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS SLC wrote it up.
A moist west-northwest flow with embedded shortwaves was over the region during this time. Avalanches continued to occur in the Wasatch mountains. The highest snow totals were at Alta 30" and Trenton 7" (valleys). 2 snowmobilers were killed in separates slides. The first fatality occurred in the Pleasant Creek area of northern San Pete county. The other death resulted from an avalanche about 8 miles southeast of Coalville. Other injuries, damage and road closures occurred during this time due to all of the Avalanches. Snow levels rose on the 17th with snow changing to rain in the valleys. Minor flooding once again occurred in Cache county in the Wellsville and Mendon areas.
Event by event
10 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, C E Summit/X Ne Wasatch/N Duchesne
- When
- January 15, 2:00 AM MST to January 18, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- C E Summit/X Ne Wasatch/N Duchesne forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
Heavy Snow, E Wasatch T X Ne/S Wc Duchesne/X Ne San Pete/Carbon T Sc/P X Ne X Nw Emery
- When
- January 15, 2:00 AM MST to January 18, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- E Wasatch T X Ne/S Wc Duchesne/X Ne San Pete/Carbon T Sc/P X Ne X Nw Emery forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
Heavy Snow, Ne Box Elder T X Ne/W Weber/Davis
- When
- January 15, 2:00 AM MST to January 18, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- Ne Box Elder T X Ne/W Weber/Davis forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
Heavy Snow, P Nc Weber/P C Morgan/P W C Summit/P Sc Wasatch
- When
- January 15, 2:00 AM MST to January 18, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- P Nc Weber/P C Morgan/P W C Summit/P Sc Wasatch forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
Heavy Snow, Rich/Cache T Nw/P E C Weber/Most of Morgan/Nw Summit/Ne Salt Lake/X Ne Box Elder
- When
- January 15, 2:00 AM MST to January 18, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- Rich/Cache T Nw/P E C Weber/Most of Morgan/Nw Summit/Ne Salt Lake/X Ne Box Elder forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
Heavy Snow, W Salt Lake T X W/E Toole T X E
- When
- January 15, 2:00 AM MST to January 18, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- W Salt Lake T X W/E Toole T X E forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
Heavy Snow, W Summit T Nw/Se Salt Lake/Wasatch X Sc/E Utah/P X E Juab/X Nw San Pete
- When
- January 15, 2:00 AM MST to January 18, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- W Summit T Nw/Se Salt Lake/Wasatch X Sc/E Utah/P X E Juab/X Nw San Pete forecast zone
- Deaths
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
Heavy Snow, W Utah T X Nw/P X E Juab
- When
- January 15, 2:00 AM MST to January 18, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- W Utah T X Nw/P X E Juab forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
Heavy Snow, X Nw Kane/Xs Xe Iron/N W Washington/Nw Wc Garfield/Piute/W Wayne/Sevier T C/X E Millard/S Sanpete T Sc/X Se Juab/P X Nw Emery/X E Beaver
- When
- January 15, 2:00 AM MST to January 18, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- X Nw Kane/Xs Xe Iron/N W Washington/Nw Wc Garfield/Piute/W Wayne/Sevier T C/X E Millard/S Sanpete T Sc/X Se Juab/P X Nw Emery/X E Beaver forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Snow, W Summit T Nw/Se Salt Lake/Wasatch X Sc/E Utah/P X E Juab/X Nw San Pete | 1998-01-17 | 21 | Male | Other | Direct |
| Heavy Snow, W Summit T Nw/Se Salt Lake/Wasatch X Sc/E Utah/P X E Juab/X Nw San Pete | 1998-01-17 | 23 | Male | Other | Direct |
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flooding in California, January 15 to 16, 1998
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, January 15 to 16, 1998
- Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, January 15 to 16, 1998
- Winter Storm in New York, January 15 to 16, 1998
- Winter Storm in New York, January 15 to 16, 1998
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 15 to 16, 1998
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 15 to 16, 1998
- Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Maryland, January 15 to 16, 1998
- Ice Storm in Pennsylvania, January 15, 1998
- Winter Storm in Oregon, January 15, 1998
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 15, 1998
- Winter Storm in Mississippi, January 15 to 16, 1998
More
Every storm in Utah in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, January 1998
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5664805, 5664806, 5664807, 5664808, 5664809, 5664810, 5664811, 5664812, 5664904, 5664905.